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Who will be paying for the M$ licenses? why don't they put Ubuntu on
all of them!? Andrew wrote: Even Deli linux should work fine. I personally didn't know that all machines are 486's, i thought maybe some pentium IIs, but i am sure a decent distro can be installed. Well i think they'll be installing Win '98 on them since no other MS product works on such low specs, correct me if i'm wrong!Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote:I believe that something like DSL would do the trick since its built for such low resource environments. On Jan 23, 2008 8:21 AM, Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: The server seems to be down or something. As regards the 486's, chances are they will also have very limited RAM. Do you think they will be powerful enough? Even websites can be flash-intensive etc. However, if we could install a decent browser, email, word processor etc., it's not a bad idea. On 21/01/2008, *Andrew* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Hey, it seems that www.linux.org.mt <http://www.linux.org.mt> is dead, at least i can't browse to it from 2 different locations. Anyways, I was reading Noel Grima's article on Independent (http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=63551) and he wrote: 'The broadband offer will soon have another remarkable offer: very cheap computers. With the process to replace all computers in government service almost concluded, most of the 13,000 computers being replaced will be offered to the disabled, to NGOs and to people on social assistance at a very cheap price, after being fully refurbished, with full licences and original software. Not all computers that are being replaced will be sold as those which are not compatible with XP, such as the old 486s, will be scrapped.' Is there a way that at least 50% of these machines get installed with say Ubuntu (price will get lower)? If most of the PC's donated will be to people who never used a PC, it won't be that difficult for them to adjust. I personally think that people who already are accustomed to Windows find it hard to switch. All these people would need is an internet browser, Office and maybe some fancy games. I am aware that this easily said then done, but thought I'd share my opinion. Andrew _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Ramon Casha _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list_______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Stanley 9H1LO.net System Administrator / Owner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message and in any attachment is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient and you have received this message please delete it and any attachment and all copies of it and of any such attachment from your system immediately, destroy any copies in any way whatsoever made and notify the sender. If you are not an intended recipient, you are not authorised to use, distribute, print or copy any part of this message or of any attachment, whether directly or indirectly. This message has been scanned for computer viruses, however we do not accept any liability whatsoever in respect of any potential damage caused by any virus that is not detected. 9H1LO.net is a voluntary service and private website run mainly for the amateur radio community and no guarantees of service are offered. All rights reserved by their respective authors. The service runs on free Linux open source software covered by the GNU licence. Most parts of the service can be made commercially available for corporate and personal services by SG IT Services, which is commercial and not directly related to the 9H1LO.net service. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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